Catena: nice neighbor but U.S. says he's Mafia As far as his neighbors are con- don't pretend to be something he isn't. cerned, you couldn't find a nicer guy Not like a lot of guys around this than Gerardo Catena. town." He keeps his yard up, minds his own Two ladies who live on the street business, pays his bills, and smiles were less vigorous in their defense of hello when he passes. the 67-year-old Catena, but both said it Every summer for the past three, he doesn't bother them — having a man and his wife have locked up their low- accused of being a Mafia boss living slung home at 2100 Coconut Row, near them. where a $70,000 house is not a rarity, "Of course we'd prefer he didn't," and headed back north. one hastened to add, wringing her When winter returns, so does hands. Catena. "We never talk to them. They keep • '• - ^ •• ' «- And so does the Justice Department. pretty much to themselves," she said. And the FBI. 4 "They're good neighbors." Catena, to them, is not the nicest guy Catena, 1959 photo "Oh, yes, we've heard the talk about on the block. his underworld connections," said He is, the Justice Department says, 99 per cent of our neighbors. another woman neighbor. "I've the acting boss of the late Vito "I'll tell you this. He's no punk, that noticed they've returned for the winter Genovese's powerful New York Mafia guy. He's as nice a guy as you'll want — I see their cars coining and going. family. to meet. But I haven't noticed any unusual "Bah, that's a lot of crap!" retorted "He don't bother anybody. He leaves activity there." one of his neighbors. "He's better than us all alone. I like a guy like him. He (Continued oh page 3) House at 2100 Coconut Row here where Catena spends his winters 1969 DECEMBER 1969 S . M T W T F S 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 BOCA RATON NEWS 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Vol. 14, No. 158 Wednesday, Dec. 3, 1969 24 Pages 10 Cents 28.29 30 31 Nixon may veto it Anothet chilly night Tax cut for all approved on the why Hang on to the sweaters and don't turn off the heat. Exemptions Tonight will be chilly again, although not as cold as last night, when a low of 44 wSis recorded. Weatherman Bill Culberson would go says it hasn't been that cold on Dec. 3 since 1939. Tonight's low will be around 50, far off the record of 42 for the up to date set in 1949. You can expect another nice •V WASHINGTON --. i'JPl) — The warm afternoon tomorrow, about Senate voted today to cut everyone's 76, but the current wave of cool taxes by increasing the '$600 income nights will be with us at least tax personal exemption to $700 next through Thursday night, year and to $800 hi 1971. Jusfte®i@yd Culberson says. The Nixon administration had ex- pressed strong opposition to any tax Pianist bonus cut by raising the personal exemption, Court rules While you're bundled up, you which has been at $600 since 1948. might want to go over to The plan approved today was Marymount College, tonight at sponsored by Sen. Albert Gore, D- 8:15, when Alegria Arce will put Tenn. marijuana on a piano concert which should Earlier in the day the Senate be a dilly. Miss Arce made her rejected 72 to 33, a Republican plan to increase the exemption to $750 over a New York debut in October at the • threat Philharmonic Hall with the three year period. Philharmonic Orchestra. Free in Sandbar encroaches on Inlet; dotted line shows channel. The Republican plan, sponsored by TALLAHASSEE (UPI) — The State Founders Hall. Sen. Charles Percy, R-Ill., called for a Supreme Court declared today that boost in the exemption to $650 in 1970, marijuana "is a threat to society as a $700 in 1971 and $750 in 1972. whole" and ruled the state laws pro- Percy originally proposed an $800 hibiting its possession and use— even Sandbar again threatens inlet; exemption extending over four years, in private—are valid. but just before today's vote he "Marijuana is a harmful, mind- modified his proposal to accommodate altering drug," the unanimous the objections of conservatives and of decision written by Justice Joe Boyd the administration. said. Alegria 'could close it,' Maull warns As originally drafted, Percy's "An individual might restrict his /•#• A new sandbar which threatens to amendment would have offered a far possession of marijuana to the privacy study will pave the way for permanent posite seawall last weekend. of his home, but the effects of the drug close the Boca Raton Inlet again is improvements to the inlet which has larger tax cut when fully effective than Maull reported that the bar, on the the competing Gore proposal. are not so restricted. The interest of Quick facts being studied today by city officials been plagued with periodic sandbars north side of the inlet and slightly west the state in preventing harm to the and a report on conditions will be for several years. of the mouth, is some two to three feet As changed an instant before the individual and to the public at large WEATHER: Fair through forwarded to Arvida Corp. Deputy Mayor Harold Maull, a above water at high tide. He said the Thursday with mild days Senate vote started, the proposal amply justified the outlawing of Arvida has a contract with the city sometime sailor, raised the sandbar bar is in the same place that similar would have cost $9.6 billion a year in its marijuana, in private and elsewhere." and cool nights. Yesterday's for maintenance work at the inlet question at Tuesday's council session sand collections have built up in the high was 69; this morning's long-run effect instead of $12.8 billion which it dredged last April as part of a when he reported that he had nearly past. as first presented. The decision came on an appeal by low was 44, a record low for one-year experiment. City and Arvida grounded his new trimaran on the bar Dec. 3; noon today 70. Nonetheless, that was more than Anthony B. Borras, a former Florida officials hope that that the one-year and came close to scraping the op- (Continued on Page 16) BOATING: Clear sailing with Gore's tax cut — averaging about 10 State University student, of an eight- two foot seas and a light per cent for every taxpayer — which month jail sentence for possession of chop on inland waters. High would cost $8:8 billion. marijuana. tides today at 2:47 a.m. and Any fund plan OK In a letter to Senate Republican Borras' attorneys, assistant public 3:05 p.m. Lows at 9?08 a.m. Leader Hugh D. Scott, Pa., President defender John Buchanan Jr. of Leon and 9:38 p.m. Nixon said he intended to sign a tax County and Joseph Oteri of Boston, FISHING: Loxahatchee reports reform bill "but it must be equitably contended it was unconstitutional to that the drop in wind has constructed and it must be fiscally interfere with the possession and use of brought strings of bass and Osborne expects road action responsible." marijuana by a citizen "in the privacy brim on the fresh water He said Gore's plan was neither, of his own home." scene. hinting at a possible veto if it got TELEVISION: Jack Benny's By JOHN OPEL "I would be surprised to see the through Congress. New Look at 9 on channels 5 Legislators come home without doing Both would grant $9 billion worm of and 7. Which plan the State Legislature something," he said. "I think the need tax cuts by reducing tax rates. .!••-•,•• MOVIES: de Sade at the Boca chooses to fund road construction is such that the members of the Raton Theatre, rated X, makes no difference to Florida's Legislature will respond .. with ad- Gore put together a coalition of shows at 6, 8, and 10. Lieutenant Gov. Ray C. Osborne says. ditional revenue for either the state, liberals and conservatives to get Osborne said this morning that he the counties or the cities. through his proposal which is un- expects the legislators to take some "There's no more critical area than derstood as Gore put it — "by every . -My wife has been badgering action during its current special the southeast coast. The legislators mother in America." The vote was 58 me to get the car undercoated session to relieve what he feels are wiE do something." to 37. ever since she saw an ad in the "emergency conditions" on highways Osborne, who serves also as head of The Gore bill would grant special tax paper for it. Do most around Boca Raton and the rest of the state's new Department of Com- relief for 12 million poor and near-poor Floridians do this for salt and Editorial Page4A metropolitan Southeast Florida. merce, said that an extra cent of taxpayers, eliminating the burden of moisture protection?—L. Family Pages 6-7A "The 16-year road plan is a good gasoline tax will not harm the state's federal income taxes for 5 million of Browne, 80 E.